Jeff McDonald: Spurs waive Stoudamire

Salim Stoudamire arrived in San Antonio three weeks ago confident that, if given a chance, he could make the Spurs and resuccitate his career.

Thanks to not one, but two strained groins, he never really had a chance.

The Spurs waived Stoudamire on Wednesday night, after he hobbled through the Spurs’ preseason loss to Washington, never quite looking right.

The team has not officially announced the move, but Stoudamire confirmed it in the locker room after the game. Given that he’d been hurt from literally the first day of camp — first with a strained right groin, then a strained left one — Stoudamire was not all that taken aback by the news.

“I knew it was going to happen,” he said. “I was injured.”

A thoughtful sort of guy, Stoudamire was philosophical about his dismissal.

“I’m not a guy who believes in luck,” he said. “I believe everything happens for a reason. It was just my fate. Obviously, it wasn’t meant for me to be a San Antonio Spur.”

The Spurs roster now stands at 18. They must make three more cuts before the Oct. 27 roster deadline.